Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL

(b. 29 May 1829 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 2 November 1912 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL was born 29 May 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL was the child of Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Marie-Anne BIBEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Agathe HUS COURNOYER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BIBEAU and Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Anne married Maxime HUS COURNOYER 17 August 1847 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Maxime HUS COURNOYER was born 17 June 1819 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Maxime died 28 August 1897 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Maxime was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL.

Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL died 2 November 1912 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL

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Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL married

Maxime HUS COURNOYER-- Date: 17 August 1847 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Maxime HUS COURNOYER was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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Children of Maxime HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL:

Paul COURNOYER (b.21 May 1848, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Marie COURNOYER (b.25 February 1850, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Pierre COURNOYER (b.10 January 1852, Sorel, Canada East d. 19 September 1927, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Josephine COURNOYER 3 February 1880 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Aurélie COURNOYER (b.11 March 1854, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Philomene COURNOYER (b.15 February 1857, Sorel, Canada East d. 28 July 1913, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada)
m. Felix PAUL HUS 9 July 1878 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno COURNOYER (b.18 April 1858, Sorel, Canada East d. 17 October 1935, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Narcisse-Pierre COURNOYER (b.20 September 1860, Sorel, Canada East d. 12 March 1911, Coleman, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada)

Délima-Rose COURNOYER (b.13 May 1863, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Olivier COURNOYER (b.28 September 1865, Sorel, Canada East d. April 1940, , Massachusetts, USA)

Marie-Délia COURNOYER (b.15 January 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1883, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Adèle COURNOYER (b.6 September 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 17 August 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

Charles COURNOYER (b.21 August 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 14 September 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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1829 Birth
29 May 1829
Sorel, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL and Maxime HUS COURNOYER 17 August 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 18 years old.

Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL - 1847 marriage

1847 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1848 Birth of Child
Paul COURNOYER was born 21 May 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 18 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Marie COURNOYER was born 25 February 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 20 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Pierre COURNOYER was born 10 January 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 22 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Aurélie COURNOYER was born 11 March 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 24 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Philomene COURNOYER was born 15 February 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 27 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Bruno COURNOYER was born 18 April 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 28 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Narcisse-Pierre COURNOYER was born 20 September 1860, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 31 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Délima-Rose COURNOYER was born 13 May 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 33 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Olivier COURNOYER was born 28 September 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 36 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Marie-Délia COURNOYER was born 15 January 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 38 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Adèle COURNOYER was born 6 September 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 41 years old.

1871 Death of Child
Adèle COURNOYER died 17 August 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 42 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Birth of Child
Charles COURNOYER was born 21 August 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 45 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Marriage of Child
Philomene COURNOYER married 9 July 1878, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Felix PAUL HUS

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Marriage of Child
Pierre COURNOYER married 3 February 1880, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Josephine COURNOYER

1883 Death of Child
Marie-Délia COURNOYER died 3 March 1883, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne was 53 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Death of Spouse/Partner
Maxime HUS COURNOYER died 28 August 1897, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 Death of Child
Narcisse-Pierre COURNOYER died 12 March 1911, Coleman, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada

Marie-Anne was 81 years old.

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 Death
2 November 1912
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 83.

Marie-Anne is buried at: Ste-Anne de Sorel

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